Program Administrator, DNAP-PD Program

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Job Summary

Under the direction of the Executive Vice President, the Program Administrator performs tasks to support the DNAP-PD Program, including acting as the Chief Clinical Officer and a professional CRNA educator.

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Nursing or related field
  • Previous clinical experience as a nurse anesthetist
  • Current CRNA certification by NBCRNA
  • Licensure or eligibility for licensure as a Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in state(s) of practice
  • Teaching philosophy commensurate with MTSA’s mission and values
  • Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications
  • Current APRN licensure in Tennessee
  • Minimum of five (5) years of teaching and educational administrative experience
  • Post-Graduate level courses in curriculum, instruction, and evaluation
  • Minimum of five (5) years of clinical experience as a CRNA.

Responsibilities

  • The Program Administrator performs each of the following functions for the DNAP-PD program:
    • Interviews, hires, and evaluates all faculty with academic appointments
    • Maintain faculty records
    • Determines the academic schedules
    • Ensures the development of manuals for curriculum plan and course outlines
    • Reviews Course Outlines and Objectives for courses
    • Reviews student performance for courses and the Self-Evaluation Examination (SEE)
    • Reviews scores of graduates on the National Certification Examination (NCE)
    • Participates in teaching classes
    • Ensures that student evaluations of academic courses/faculty are reviewed quarterly
    • Provides mentoring and training to the Assistant Program Administrator to fulfill these same duties
  • As the Chief Clinical Coordinator, performs each of the following functions for the DNAP-PD program:
    • Establishes and maintains multiple clinical affiliations, and assures valid contracts
    • Ensures that site visits are made to all full-time clinical affiliates at least annually
    • Ensures that site visits are made to all new and recurring senior elective clinical affiliates
    • Develops and maintains the practicum requirements, methods and process of teaching, and student evaluation
    • Plans and publishes each of the following:
      • Performance-based objectives relevant to the students’ performance
      • Performance-based objectives for specific affiliating institutions
    • Determines, schedules, and supervises the publication of each of the following:
      • Student affiliation rotation schedules
      • Student vacation and holiday schedules
      • Students’ Clinical Experience Records on a monthly basis
    • Ensures that summary evaluations of students’ clinical performance are reviewed
    • Ensures that evaluations of affiliate sites and clinical instructors are completed and reviewed
    • Provides mentoring and training to the Assistant Program Administrator to fulfill these same duties
  • As the Director of Admissions, performs each of the following functions for the DNAP-PD program:
    • Reviews all applications for admission
    • Oversees verification of originality of transcripts
    • Oversees the verification and review of references for number, content, and appropriate referral
    • Oversees the distribution of appropriate selection materials to the Admissions Committee
    • Assures orderly processing and handling the selection of the new class
    • Provides mentoring and training to the Assistant Program Administrator to fulfill these same duties
  • In the role of Support to the Executive Vice President in performing each of the following for the DNAP-PD program:
    • Develops, maintains, amends, and implements School policies governing the academic program
    • Develops and maintains Administrative Manual sections related to the function of the Faculty, Staff, and Students; and procedures for establishing affiliations with hospitals
    • Develops and maintains policy governing qualifications of instructional staff and documentation of compliance with criteria
    • Reviews and directs revisions of policies as the appropriate committees propose policy changes
    • Collaborates with the Assistant Program Administrator(s) and the department of Institutional Effectiveness to direct Self-Studies for Reaffirmation of Accreditation from the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA)
    • Collaborates with the department of Institutional Effectiveness to direct Self-Studies for Reaffirmation of Accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
    • Collaborates with the Department of Institutional Effectiveness to assure appropriate submission of IPEDS data
    • Assures that MTSA committees fulfill their objectives as scheduled
    • Assists with applications for various grants completed by entities/persons within MTSA
    • Collaborates with the Director of Operations regarding office staff needs
    • Reviews evaluations by faculty and students, in conjunction with the Evaluation Committee
    • Completes performance evaluations as appropriate based on the School’s organizational chart
    • Provides mentoring and training to the Assistant Program Administrator to fulfill these same duties
    • Other duties as assigned by the Executive Vice President
  • In the role of Medical Missions Coordinator performs each of the following functions for the DNAP-PD program:
    • Assure that mission service opportunities are in line with the Mission and Values of MTSA
    • Confer with Clinical Coordinator to establish best dates for mission trips
    • Promote mission and service opportunities for students and staff
    • Collaborate with other institutions to share ideas and opportunities for mission service
    • Monitor student fund-raising for mission trips for appropriateness related to the Mission and Values of MTSA
  • In the role of a Professional CRNA Educator attends the following meetings when appropriate:
    • AANA Assembly of School Faculty
    • AANA National Convention
    • AANA Mid-Year Assembly
    • Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists (TANA) Annual meeting
    • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Annual Meeting
    • Workshops presented by the Council on Accreditation (COA)
    • Workshops presented by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
    • Professional development workshops
    • Provides mentoring and training to the Assistant Program Administrator to fulfill these same duties
    • Other duties as assigned

Committee Involvement

  • Board of Trustees (Ex-officio, Non-voting, by invitation)
  • BOT Academic/Student Affairs Committee School Liaison
  • Chairperson, Nurse Anesthesia Program (NAP) Council
  • Progressions Committee Member
  • Chairperson, Interview Committee
  • Chairperson, Screening Committee
  • President’s Council Member
  • MTSA Faculty/Staff Committee Member
  • Strategic Planning Committee Member (ad hoc)
  • Evaluation Committee Member
  • Other committees as assigned

Reporting

Reports to the Executive Vice President

Terms of Employment

Full-time Employment